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The following abstracts for division Language & Literature have been submitted:

• Anomie and Transformation: An Optimistic Reading Of Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Stephanie A. Malin
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (33-5, 3:15, VH 1320)
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• Aristotle Doesn't Think Okonkow's a Tragic Hero!: A Look at Things Fall Apart
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Brian R. Rose
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (33-1, 2:15, VH 1320)
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• Bias in Moore’s Bowling for Columbine
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Daniel C. Tucker
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (19-4, 10:45, VH 1320)
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• Busby Berkely Dreams: Pop Culture in Magazines, Musicals, and 69 Love Songs
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Talia C. Linneman
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (20-3, 10:30, VH 1304)
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• A Call to Action: Working Towards Gender Equality in Changes
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Erin S. Silva
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (7-5, 9:30, VH 1304)
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• Can We Tackle Wilde with a Five-Paragraph Essay? Why Teachers are Making the Move to Multigenre
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Katie A. Gilbert♦
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (46-2, 4:00, VH 1320)
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• The controversy: Black and White perspectives on Affirmative Action
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Chinaka I. Agwu
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (7-1, 8:30, VH 1304)
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• "The Creature of Kumaon": The Embodiment of Agha Shahid Ali's Poetic Inspiration
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Cassandra J. Runge
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (45-4, 4:30, VH 1304)
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• The Diary of Anne Frank: Identity Construction Through Narrative
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Eilene E. Kuehnle♦
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (46-3, 4:15, VH 1320)
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• Direction Giving: A Linguistic Analysis
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Joanna M. Ristow* and Lainey R. Seyler
  Dr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor
  (8-5, 9:30, VH 1320)
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• "Drowning Ophelia": Ridding Media of Gender Stereotyping
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Samantha N. Boudria
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (19-1, 10:00, VH 1320)
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• Enforcing the Love Laws: Baby Kochamma's Role in Roy's The God of Small Things
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jessica L. Ford
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (33-2, 2:30, VH 1320)
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• Escaping the Masculine in The God of Small Things
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Daniel B. Witzofsky
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (45-3, 4:15, VH 1304)
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• Evolution and Innovation in the Portrayal of the Cyclopes in Greek Literature (c. 725 BC to c. AD 150)
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Classics)
  Melissa R. Clark
  Dr. Clifton Kreps and Dr. Bridget Thomas, Faculty Mentors
  (34-1, 2:15, VH 1304)
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• Evolutionary Change in Three Editions of an Early Printed Text Libro de Medecina Llamado Macer, eds 1518, 1519, 1527
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Spanish)
  John C. Becker
  Dr. Thomas M. Capuano, Faculty Mentor
  (46-4, 4:30, VH 1320)
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• Female Gender Roles In Igbo Culture
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Ifeanyi J. Elechi
  Mr. Eric M. Tumminia, Faculty Mentor
  (34-2, 2:30, VH 1304)
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• Fitting In: Traditional Values versus Colonial Modernism in Changes: A Love Story
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Amy L. Shipp
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (45-5, 4:45, VH 1304)
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• Homeland and Displacement: Issues of Loss in Agha Shahid Ali's "Postcard from Kashmir"
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Trevor J. Alexander
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (7-4, 9:15, VH 1304)
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• An Interpretation of Spike Lee's Film Do the Right Thing From a Marxist Perspective
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Xavier Mordret
  Dr. Cole Woodcox, Faculty Mentor
  (20-5, 11:00, VH 1304)
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• Iona: The Melding of Political Community in the Imagined Community of Christianity
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jill D. Hamilton
  Dr. Christine Harker, Faculty Mentor
  (8-2, 8:45, VH 1320)
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• Language and Age
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Heather Ryan*, Shannon M. Clarkin, and Anne Schonhardt
  Dr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor
  (8-3, 9:00, VH 1320)
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• The Legend of King Arthur's Tomb: The Role of Insular Culture in the Creation of English National Identity
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Sharity D. Nelson
  Dr. Christine Harker, Faculty Mentor
  (8-4, 9:15, VH 1320)
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• The Mad Worlds of Aristophanes: Comedic Utopia in Fifth Century Athens
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Classics)
  John C. Sherwood
  Dr. Bridget Thomas and Dr. Clifton Kreps, Faculty Mentors
  (34-3, 2:45, VH 1304)
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• Masculine Struggle in “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Daniel D. Coate
  Dr. Monica Barron, Faculty Mentor
  (20-2, 10:15, VH 1304)
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• Midnight's Children and the Third Space
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Ty K. Fagan
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (45-1, 3:45, VH 1304)
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• Mother/Daughter Relationships: The Source of Esi's Dissatisfaction in Ama Ata Aidoo's Change
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Antonia J. Campbell
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (19-3, 10:30, VH 1320)
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• A Nameless Girl: Elizabeth Siddal, Model and Poet
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Maggie E. Mayhan
  Dr. Dennis Leavens, Faculty Mentor
  (46-5, 4:45, VH 1320)
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• Okonkwo and the Severing of the Thread: Internal Denial as a Pathway to Cultural Destruction
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Stephen E. Nellis
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (45-2, 4:00, VH 1304)
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• Peanuts and Raisins: Scenes from an Ozark Childhood
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Eric M. Tumminia♦
  Prof. Mark Spitzer, Faculty Mentor
  (34-5, 3:15, VH 1304)
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• "Philip Marlowe in Drag": Gender Roles in Current Detective Fiction
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jennifer A. Hertlein
  Dr. Alanna Preussner and Dr. Priscilla Riggle, Faculty Mentors
  (20-4, 10:45, VH 1304)
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• The Powerful Voice
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Alexander D. Johnson
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (33-4, 3:00, VH 1320)
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• (Re)Assessing African Gender Studies in American Classrooms
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Samuel N. Edeh
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (7-2, 8:45, VH 1304)
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• The Reader as Voyeur in the Works of Italo Calvino
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Italian)
  Rhiannon C. Shoults
  Dr. Antonio Scuderi, Faculty Mentor
  (46-1, 3:45, VH 1320)
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• A Reader- Response Criticism of "The Family Guy"
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Jeffrey R. Hutchinson
  Dr. Elizabeth M. Clark, Faculty Mentor
  (34-4, 3:00, VH 1304)
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• Richard Rodriguez: Literary Genius or Giant Tool?
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Hillary R. Klofkorn
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (33-3, 2:45, VH 1320)
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• Securing a Balance in Life: an Analysis of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Christopher A. Matthews
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (19-2, 10:15, VH 1320)
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• a superstitious, cowardly lot: Cultural Representations in Frank Miller’s Batman
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Joshua K. Fenton
  Dr. Matthew Killmeier, Faculty Mentor
  (20-1, 10:00, VH 1304)
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• The Three Speech Acts in Bartleby the Scrivener
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jennifer I. Finley
  Dr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor
  (8-1, 8:30, VH 1320)
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• Travel Writing and Memoir: Experiential Research
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Interdisciplinary)
  Jonathon C. Burns
  Dr. Adam Davis, Faculty Mentor
  (19-5, 11:00, VH 1320)
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• The Way: A New Musical Based on the Lyrics and Music of Ani DiFranco
  Performance Art
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Katherine M. Ramatowski
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (35-2, 2:45, VH 1412)
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• We shape the landscape; the landscape shapes us: An exploration through poetry
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Dana L. Kuhnline♦
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (35-1, 2:15, VH 1412)
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• What Eyes Have Not Seen: A Documentary On Ghetto
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jerard R. Leverson
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (7-3, 9:00, VH 1304)
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